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M. P. REYNOLDS.

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APPLICATION FILED APR.24. |914.

Patented Aug. 31, 1915.

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IVIORLEY PUNSHON REYNOLDS, OF CLEVELAND, OI-IIO, ASSIGNOR TO TI-IE W. S. TYLER COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

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To all 'wh-0m it may concern:

Be it known that I, MoRLnY PUNsHoN REYNOLDS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cars; and I do hereby declarefthe following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to railway cars and particularly refers to the refrigerator type wherein ice chambers or bunkers are located in the ends of the same, although ordinary freight cars of the boX design with the proper and necessary ventilation may be arranged for similar purposes.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap, simple and efiicient form of bulfer or shock absorber which can be applied to the bulkheads of ice bunkers in refrigerator or other cars wherein the rigidity of the end wall orV bulkhead will be eliminated and such bulkhead or wall provided with an auxilli ary resilient wall made from flexible 1naterial in order that fragile articles or crates packed in the car and placed against such walls will not be broken during the course of transit or during the shifting, starting and stopping of such car.

A further object of my invention is to provide a buffer or shock absorber device for use in cars wherein the end walls of the storage compartment will be resilient and will be formed of such material as will permit of the air readily passing through the same into the interior of the car, thus not interfering with air circulation.

My invention consists, generally stated, in the novel arrangement, construction and combination of parts as hereinafter more specifically set forth and described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

To enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to construct and use my improved buifer or shock absorber in ventilated box or refrigerator cars, I will describe the same more fully referring to the accompanying drawing in which- Figure 1 is a partial longitudinal sectional view showing the buffer or shock absorber in position. Fig. 2 is a cross-sec? Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented aug. si, 1915.

s y Application fue@ Apri124,1914. seriaiNassaab-a .tional view of the car showing the auxilliary wall broken away in a. portion ofthe same.

Like symbols of reference herein indicate like parts 1n each' of the figures of the draw- In the approved stylesof ice bunkers used in refrigerator cars at the present day, the

bunker wall or bulkhead is composed of very rigid material sothat oftentimes when the cars are shifted in switching and bumped into other cars for the purpose of coupling, also the sudden stopping of trains by applying brakes, the commodities par* ticularly if very fragile, such as cases of eggs, are injured and broken and oftentimes great loss is sustained.l i In my invention as shown by the drawlng, 1 represents the floor of an ordinary refrigerator car, 2 the end wall, 3 the side walls and 4 the roof. Extending across the end of the car is my improved ice chamber bulkhead or partition a which is formed in the usual manner and properly secured in the top of the car. This bulkhead consists of the inner and outer walls 5 and 6 and the inner wall extends down to the grid 7 upon which the ice 8 is adapted to rest. The outer wall 6 extends down to a position near the floor of the car and is provided at the center with a small trap-door 9, while the upper end of said wall terminates in the heavyscreen portion 10. rI his outer wall 6 is provided at suitable places with spring connecting members 11 for the purpose of receiving spiral springs 12, the outer ends of which are connected to the blocks or clips 13 on the inner side of the auxiliary wall 14. This wall 14 consists of the outer frame 15 with the cross pieces 16 and the entire wall is covered with iiexible material such as woven wire fabric 17 in order to decreasethe rigidity of the same and make it substantially flexible and such wall extends to a point about even with the level of the floor and is adapted to be movable thereon.

When fragile commodities such as eggs in cases are placed against the auxiliary wall 14e there will be less likelihood of the same being broken during transit as ordinary vibrations, and even severe shocks will be absorbed by the spiral springs 12 between the wall la and outer wall 6.

Various modifications and changes in design and construction of my improved refrigerator cars may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of this invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.v

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. A car provided with a transverse bulk head, an auxiliary frame connecting with said bulkhead and spaced therefrom,y a flexible covering on said frame, and resilient means between said bulkhead and frame adapted to absorb shocks.

2. A car provided with a transverse bulkhead, an auxiliary frame connecting with said bulkhead and spaced therefrom, a wire fabric covering on said frame, and spiral springs between said bulkhead and frame adapted to absorb shocks.

3. In a railway car, a transverse bulkhead including inner and outer spaced walls, said outer wall being rigid for a portion of its height and being flexible -at its upper portion, an auxiliary frame, a flexible covering extending over all of said frame, and yieldable means interposed between the frame and outer wall for absorbing shocks.

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4. In a railway car, a transverse bulkhead including yinner and outer main walls, said outer wallsconsisting of a rigid lower portion and a flexible upper portion, an auxiliary wall consisting of a frame and a flexible foraminous covering therefor, and yieldable means interposed between the outer main wall and the auxiliary wall for absorbing shocks received by said auxiliary wall.

5. In a railway car, a transverse bulkhead including inner and outer main walls, said outer walls vconsisting of a rigid lower portion and a flexible upper portion, said rigid and flexible portions being respectively fixed to lthe `iioor a'ndceilingfof the car, an auxiliary wall consisting of a 'frame anda flexible foraininous covering therefor,- 'and `yieldable `means interposed between the outer main wall and the auxiliary wall for absorbing vshocks received by said 'auxiliary wall.

In testimony whereof lI the said MORLEY PUNSHON REYNOLDS have hereunto -set my hand. v p

MORLEY PUNSIION REYNOLDS. Witnesses:

E. I. VIsBRo, C. C* FLINT.

Washington, 1D. C. 

